IB, A Level, or GCSE – Preparing for the Dreaded Results …
Getting Ready for Exam Results As a family we are going up to Edinburgh at the weekend. Saturday is also the day that Betsy is due to get her IB results – yikes! We need to get ready for whatever results may arrive – good or bad! We’ve been saying we will need to be somewhere with […]
Are you the favourite child?
Who is the Favourite Child? (Jump to the end to evaluate the type of child you are.) I’m out with Saint Mick, not in Thana City in Bangkok or in Broughton, Lincolnshire. I just texted both of the girls actually, (note the direction of the correspondence-me to them, not them to me), to see how they […]
Expat Local or Local Expat? Same/Same but Different!
Living Abroad or Living at Home Mick took Dad out for a drive to the Humber Bridge in his new Landrover – Lazarus! Back in the day when dad was crane driving he helped build it, in fact legend has it, he built it singlehandedly! I was driving through the village today, on the way […]
Wendy Mitchell’s Somebody I Used to Know
Wendy Mitchell’s Somebody I Used to Know This week I’ve been spending time back in Broughton and just chilling with family. It isn’t wild, but is very lovely. In the gaps I’ve managed to read the memoir, ‘Somebody I Used to Know’. I came across it online as I follw Wendy Mitchell’s blog, ‘Which me am […]
The Value of Community
The Value of Community and having Good Neighbours Feeling Grateful The value of community: Today has been one of those days that I have felt really grateful for. The reason for this isn’t becasue a new (well 23 year old) Landrover, purchased from the extremely efficient, helpful team at Landrover Centre Huddersfield – whose cars are […]
Student teacher relationship; Going the Extra Mile for your Students
Positive Student Teacher Relationships So the end of term is upon all my teacher friends. It’s a bit weird to not be there for the end of term leavers’ assembly and it’s odd to think that now both girls have left school there really is very little reason to return to Patana. It has been a […]